Describe what fighting was like during WWI. Pop Quiz RAISING YOUR HAND, Describe what fighting was like during WWI. What made it this way? 1

What is different about this war? Fast Forward. . . to WWII. What is different about this war? 2

Same deadly technologies from WWI + New, even deadlier, even more brutal weapons HATRED, ANGER, RACISM = Unimaginable atrocities committed by ALL 3

The Rape of Nanking & The Holocaust Today's Agenda Two Exterminations: 4

The Rape of Nanking (December, 1937) 5

Background Japan invades China View of Chinese Territorial expansion View of Chinese Prince Asaka: loot and rape what you want “Battle” of Nanking (Dec. 9) 6

Mopping Up Japan's view of surrender/retreat Extermination “The killing contest” 7

The Rape Gang rape Genital mutilation Forced incest Elderly, young girls Genital mutilation Forced incest Religious devotees (monks) 8

“The seventh and last person in the first row was a pregnant woman “The seventh and last person in the first row was a pregnant woman. The soldier thought he might as well rape her before killing her, so he pulled her out of the group to a spot about ten meters away. As he was trying to rape her, the woman resisted fiercely ... The soldier abruptly stabbed her in the belly with a bayonet. She gave a final scream as her intestines spilled out. Then the soldier stabbed the fetus, with its umbilical cord clearly visible, and tossed it aside.” 9

City Destroyed 10

The 10,000 Corpse Ditch 11

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Bayonetted 13

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Beheaded 15

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Shot 18

Numbers 57,000 POWs killed 20,000 women raped 200,000-300,000 killed in 6 weeks 19

My question for YOU: How come EVERYBODY learns about the Holocaust, but few learn about the Nanking Massacre?

The Holocaust: “The Final Solution” (1938-1945) 21

Process of Removal 22

Step 1: Identify “German” A. Nuremburg Laws (1935) 1. Germans have no Jewish blood in three generations a. The mitchling (the mixed) – anyone with a Jewish connection in three generations 23

Step 2: Deny rights A. Nuremburg Laws (continued) 1. Stripped of citizenship 2. Banned from professional affiliations 3. Overall exclusion 24

Step 3: Educate and Ostracize A. Massive campaign 1. Educate Germans in anti-Semitic ways 2. Cast Jews out from society 25

Step 4: Sterilization & Infanticide A. Eliminate all parasitic, degenerate entities 1. Mentally retarded 2. Disabled * 6,000 babies killed 26

Step 5: Lebensraum A. Create space for German super-state in the East 1. 60,000 Jews still remained in Germany 2. Millions of Jews in Poland/USSR What to do, what to do. . . 27

Step 6: The Final Solution A. Wannsee Conference 1. 16 German officials meet to figure out what to do 2. Meet for 90 minutes 3. Draw up lists of undesirables 4. Decide to put Jews in ghettos a. Use able-bodied ones for labor, kill the rest 28

The United States Government Hitler's Models: Manuel Weyler & (drum roll……..) The United States Government 29

Result: Concentration Camps! - Buchenwald - Dachau - Amersfoot - Auschwitz & 15,000 others 30

Rounded up and shipped off 31

Starved, Worked to the bone 32

Tortured 35

Tested 36

. . . and tested 37

Gassed 38

Cremated 39

. . . or thrown in a large hole 40

Some tidbits. . . ID numbers Disinfected – like animals Break down the mind – DON'T THINK Dehumanization! 41

In all, 6 million killed 42

Final Comments The nature of this war 43

Your Assignment RAFT – 1 page Role: witness to one of the events Audience: a news reporter Format: Letter explaining what you've seen Task: Relay your story so it goes public and will convince people to help 44